---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date"
description: "Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Maryland SB 379 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Gile", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "Kagan", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "McCray", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4227041c-589c-4197-8f61-43a9e0941ac2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0379?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0279e945168864f9030b84789d56a612f589e0dbe020b95a409e6e622a176533"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 379 (2023) — Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_152_sb0379e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0379e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Ballots - Processing and Reporting Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0379f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Ballot Processing and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0379t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-01** Hearing 3/02 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-01** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Motion Special Order until 3/8 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-09** Motion Special Order until 3/10 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-18** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4227041c-589c-4197-8f61-43a9e0941ac2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).